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Tourism & Hospitality Excursion

12/08/2016

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​Last week Year 11 Tourism and Year 12
Hospitality students headed out for the day to learn more about their
industries. First stop was Bridget Bunchy with their fabulous range of
recycled, upcycled products. Most students had never been there before but after
this quick stop, all vowed to come back with their families to show them the
goodies on offer. Vincenzo’s was the morning tea stop and students learnt about
how their business had changed according to the ever changing needs of their
clients – the visitors to this region. Students tried lots of new foods
including Italian biscuits, olives, meats and cheeses. Over the road to the
Heritage Winery and Laura went through how to conduct a wine tasting, what
visitors ask for and about how all the establishments in the area work together
to promote each other. We then headed up the road a little further to Castle
Glen Winery where the students were amazed with the large array of spirits and
wines sold in very elaborate bottles. Marketing was discussed here and they
went through how they conduct tastings at their winery – a little different
from most as they offer spirit tastings as well. Granite Belt Dairy was the
next stop where students enjoyed a cheese tasting followed by one of the best
milk shakes in the district, with milk from their own jersey cows. Donnelly’s
Castle was next on the trip and everyone walked up to the lookout to see what
they could see. As this was a natural attraction, students discussed how this
attraction could be marketed to visitors via maps and word of mouth. Our last
stop of the day was to Sutton’s farm where students not only enjoyed some
fantastic apple pie but also learnt about how they conduct their product
tastings, how much to pour, the type of questions visitors ask and what sort of
information to provide. Everyone said they had not only had fun, tried some new
foods and been to some new places, but they had also learnt a lot about the
hospitality tourism industry and were excited to be a part of it. Thanks must
go to all the establishments for welcoming us with open arms as well as Crisps
Coaches and Chris Pascoe for driving the bus for us. Without everyone’s
assistance, students would not be able to get out and about and learn from
first hand experiences like these.